Isaiah 5:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Young's Literal Translation
And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it [with] a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

King James Bible
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Hebrew
He dug it up
וַֽיְעַזְּקֵ֣הוּ (way·‘az·zə·qê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5823: To grub over

and cleared the stones
וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ (way·saq·qə·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5619: To stone, put to death by stoning

and planted
וַיִּטָּעֵ֙הוּ֙ (way·yiṭ·ṭā·‘ê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

the finest vines.
שֹׂרֵ֔ק (śō·rêq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8321: (choice species of) the vine

He built
וַיִּ֤בֶן (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a watchtower
מִגְדָּל֙ (miḡ·dāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers

in the middle
בְּתוֹכ֔וֹ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

and
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

dug out
חָצֵ֣ב (ḥā·ṣêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

a winepress {as well}.
יֶ֖קֶב (ye·qeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3342: A trough, a wine-vat

He waited for [the vineyard]
וַיְקַ֛ו (way·qaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

to yield
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

good grapes,
עֲנָבִ֖ים (‘ă·nā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6025: A grape

but the fruit it produced
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

was sour!
בְּאֻשִֽׁים׃ (bə·’u·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 891: Stinking or worthless (things), wild grapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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